Across North America, family-owned and operated businesses are facing challenges unlike any others in recent history. Recessions are not new, with companies experiencing the aftershock from the...
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Teaming Up for Success Since 1987Team Industries
When it comes to the timely delivery of high-quality shop fabricated pipe spools, tanks, and vessels, Team Industries, Inc. leads North America’s fabrication industry. With fabrication facilities in...
Making the Machines that Run IndustryGrotnes
Over the past two years, Grotnes (pronounced ‘Grote-ness’) has launched a series of initiatives based around artificial intelligence (AI), customer service, and its product line. Headquartered in...
A Best-Kept Secret No LongerMichigan Manufacturing Technology Center
The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC) continues its 30-plus-year mission to provide its home state’s manufacturers with the tools and knowhow they need to succeed in today’s...
From Hand Assembly to High-Tech ManufacturingPTG Electronics
In an era when global supply chains are being reshaped and advanced manufacturing technologies are rapidly evolving, few companies embody the modern manufacturing renaissance quite like PTG...
Learning from History, Leading with InnovationAtlas Technologies
With thousands of die change installations globally, pressroom automation leader Atlas Technologies celebrated its 60th anniversary last year. Following several years of upgrades to its knowledge...
Workplace Solutions that WorkSymbiote
Symbiote is a manufacturer of specialized laboratory, technical, and healthcare furniture who, alongside its partners, seeks to elevate its clients’ spaces and the work that can be done within them....
Thoughtful, Intentional, WelcomingCity of Kalamazoo, Michigan
Located in Michigan’s southwest, the City of Kalamazoo is pursuing thoughtful, intentional growth that has positioned the community as a welcoming and attractive destination. Home to Western...
A Midwest County Proud to “Punch Above Its Weight”Mason County, Michigan
Mason County, Michigan is “a community that has a small-town feel but has much to offer that isn’t characteristic of a lot of rural communities,” states Kristi Lucas-Zimmerman, Economic Development...
On the Grow AgainCity of Warren, Michigan
The City of Warren, the third largest in Michigan and Detroit’s largest suburb, boasts not only a diversified population and tax base—with major businesses including General Motors, Chrysler, Macomb...
Helping Businesses Grow, Thrive, and SucceedIgnite (Fredericton and the Capital Region)
When businesses need specialized mentoring, opportunities for skill development, and access to a network of resources, Ignite provides a path from launch to success. Based in Fredericton, New...
When Good Habits Pay OffSelf-Care for Self-Starters
It is not an overstatement to say that small business is the lifeblood of the economy. Beyond producing and delivering goods in their local communities, these businesses are the primary engine of...
Cherishing the Beauty, Nurturing the EconomyPrince Edward County, Virginia
Dating back to the mid-1700s, Prince Edward County is neatly—and prettily—nestled in the south-central Piedmont region of Virginia, USA. Sharing its county seat, the Town of Farmville, with the...
Delivering What Others Can’t: Inside CSM Group’s Approach to Complex ConstructionCSM Group
Like most successful organizations, Michigan-based project management specialist CSM Group has shown it can evolve and adapt to the largest of economic ebbs and flows, while remaining competitive in...
Energy Beyond Industry: Building a More Vibrant, Connected FutureCity of Estevan, Saskatchewan
Estevan, Saskatchewan has long been known as the Energy City. It is a community shaped by resilience and an unwavering spirit of collaboration, and these qualities are now driving one of the most...















